Friday, 28 December 2012

Here's a selection of reggae and dub music that should provide a nice soundtrack to your next sesh. I've included a few of the songs that have been sampled in various drum & bass / jungle tunes so you should recognise a few of them. A lot of these were originally released on Trojan Records but I've also thrown in a few others for your delectation.

Friday, 21 December 2012

Christmas greetings to you all :) and in the spirit of the season here's the wonderful Christmas single from that jolly bunch of lads (& ladies) Crass. The Merry Crassmas single was originally released in 1981 and features two sides of jolly yuletide hits. Perfect for a family Christmas.

Friday, 14 December 2012

I absolutely love this album so I'm gonna re-up it for you. I remember liking it as a kid and then when I was about eighteen some friends and I were at a jumble sale and there it was. It even had the original comic book with it (scans included with the download). Obviously my mate's took the piss out of me for getting so excited but after we dropped some acid and then listened to it they were converted. In fact, if it wasn't for LSD then the whole thing would never have existed. This is what Nilsson had to say about it...

"I was on acid and I looked at the trees and I realized that they all came to points, and the little branches came to points, and the houses came to point. I thought, 'Oh! Everything has a point, and if it doesn't, then there's a point to it.'" [Harry Nilsson]

Basically The Point is a tale by musician and songwriter Harry Nilsson about a boy named Oblio, the only round-headed person in the Pointed Village, and his dog called Arrow. The story is told through both song and narration and is great listening for children as well as adults.

Here's the tracklisting (320kbps)...
01) Everything's Got 'Em
02) The Town (Narration)
03) Me And My Arrow
04) The Game (Narration)
05) Poli High
06) The Trial And Banishment (Narration)
07) Think About Your Troubles
08) The Pointed Man (Narration)
09) Life Line
10) The Birds (Narration)
11) P.O.V. Waltz
12) The Clearing In The Woods (Narration)
13) Are You Sleeping?
14) Oblio's Return (Narration)
There is also scans of the comic book included :)

THE MOVIE
There was also an animated film version of The Point!. The TV version was originally narrated by Dustin Hoffman but because of contract issues the film release used Ringo Starr as the narrator. The version embedded below is with Dustin Hoffman and is available on video.google.com.

Friday, 7 December 2012

This groovy little selection of funk was put together by Solid Jackson, a good friend of mine. As well as including some tracks from a few of the usual suspects like James Brown and Funkadelic Mr Jackson also made sure there are a number of songs from some of the lesser known artists.

So if you want to listen to some funky grooves then this download is for you. Enjoy.

Friday, 30 November 2012

UPDATE: I've re-ripped it from a different tape so the quality of this download is better. It's still from a 25 year old tape though :)

LATEST UPDATE: The Old Punk has given me some good news about this. Someone by the name of Paco has released a vinyl pressing of this classic. It's only £6 plus a bit for postage. It comes with a poster and a copy of the original booklet too. Get it here - La Vida Es En Mus.

A Little Touch Of Harry In The Night was the first release from Blyth Power. It was originally released on cassette in 1984 so the actual quality of the files is not exactly perfect.

Blyth Power are a British 'folk punk' band formed in 1983 by singer/drummer Joseph Porter, formerly of Zounds and The Mob.

Blyth Power's music shows strong influences from punk rock and folk music, and the band members have described their sound as a cross between The Clash, Steeleye Span and The Rubettes.
(text from Wikipedia)

Friday, 23 November 2012

Here is a re-post of the Bad News and Plastic Culture EPs by Hit Parade. The downloads are in FLAC or 320kbps mp3 format so just grab whichever one you want.

Hit Parade was Dave Hyndman from Belfast, with occassional assistance by members of Crass on backing vocals but mostly it was Dave. The Bad News EP was released in 1983 on Crass Records and rather than guitars, bass and drums it uses drum boxes and samplers. There is also a second EP, Plastic Culture which was released in 1984 that contains extended versions of a couple of tracks. In fact Media Song is basically an extended version/remix of Bad News from the first EP.

(text from Southern Records)
This record exposes the tyranny of the British Government's attacks on Northern Ireland. Borrowing from Outta Control: Paper of the Belfast Anarchists, the record sleeve/poster details the atrocities of prisons in which "political criminals" are locked up for speaking out against the unjust, violent sectarian state which has long ignored outcries from its inhabitants. The sleeve/poster pictures those who died in peaceful demonstrations and hunger strikes, specifically, the "H Block" hunger strike. "Britains role in Northern Ireland, both on the streets and in legislative methods is clearly repressive and designed to keep in check a rebellious section of the population...which seeks to take control of and responsibility for its own future.

AS LONG AS POPULATIONS ARE UNABLE TO TAKE A UNITED STAND AGAINST ALL FORMS OF OPPRESSION, THEY WILL REMAIN SUBSERVIENT TO IT.

Friday, 16 November 2012

Here's a rip of both releases by D&V on Crass Records. D&V only consisted of Andy Leach on drums and Jef Antcliffe on vocals, hence the name D&V (Drums & Vocals). This download consists of The Nearest Door EP which was released in 1983 and the hugely titled album Inspiration Gave Them The Motivation To Move On Out Of Their Isolation which was released in 1985. I hadn't heard the album in about 20 years and I was pretty surprised at how much I enjoyed it when I ripped it. The backing tracks were arranged and played by Penny Rimbaud using samples built up from vocal and percussive sources and the vocals of Eve Libertine & Joy de Vivre. Frankly it's pretty experimental in places but considering it's basically drums & vocals they've done a really good job.

A special mention goes to The Saucer People for reminding me about D&V and to The Loftmonkey for sending me the vinyl (check out his ebay shop over to the right or just click here).

The downloads are in FLAC or 320kbps mp3 format so just grab whichever one you want.

Friday, 9 November 2012

Here's a download from one of my favourite artists of all time. Steve Hillage (born Stephen Simpson Hillage, 2 August 1951, London, England) is an English musician, best known as a guitarist. He is associated with the Canterbury scene and has worked in experimental domains since the late 1960s. Besides his solo recordings he has been a member of Gong, Khan and System 7. Most of the tracks were recorded on the 28th April 1979 at the Paris Theatre in London except for tracks 1 & 6 which are from the 4th December 1976 at the Paris Theatre.

Friday, 2 November 2012

This is an anarcho punk mix I did recently. It only goes on for 45 minutes & as well as lots of the old classics there is some not really anarcho stuff as well. I decided to do this 'cos of a photo that made me laugh I saw over at the oldpunksneverdie.com site. I've also added 3 ebooks to the download (mobi & html/txt formats). The Conquest Of Bread by Petr Kropotkin, The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins & The Last Of The Hippies by Penny Rimbaud

Special mention should go to Cassetteboy for some of the speeches... and for inspiring me to do some of my own.

Friday, 26 October 2012

Here's a selection of what I think are my best 5 jungle mixes. I didn't include the Planet Defender Mix, which is my most recent one, as it's still available in this blog so basically it's a best of my old stuff. All the files are split into tracks & are in 320kbps MP3 format. There's also the CD covers for each mix if you want to burn a copy. Anyway enough talk so download them, give 'em a listen & I hope you like them.

KING DUB MIX (APRIL 2012)

I actually did most of this mix using Audacity for the PC rather than the usual vinyl. Shout outs to DJ Blits for letting me remix his Come Into My Room tune and to Silicon Drum for the superb King Dub tune.

Friday, 19 October 2012

This download is the In Toytown album by The Cravats that was released on Small Wonder Records in 1980. The Cravats were a post-punk band from Redditch near Birmingham, England & played kinda experimental rock. This is a surprisingly good album & I've even included a couple of unreleased tracks at the end of the download. The two bonus tracks were produced by Penny Rimbaud from Crass & I got them from the excellent Kill Your Pet Puppy site.

Here's the tracklisting (320kbps)...
01) Still
02) In Your Eyes
03) Welcome
04) Pressure Sellers
05) One In A Thousand
06) X.M.P.
07) All Around The Corner
08) Ceasing To Be
09) Gordon
10) Live For Now
11) Tears On My Machine
12) The Hole
13) All On Standby
14) Tripex Zone

Friday, 12 October 2012

Here's the second part of the American Hardcore punk and thrash compilations I did. Again this will all fit nicely onto a single CD and I've even included front and back covers if you would like to burn yourself a copy :)

Friday, 5 October 2012

Here's a collection of some of the best of American Hardcore punk and thrash. This is this first in a couple of compilations I did and Part 2 will be available next week. Each one fits nicely on a CD and there is front and back covers if you want to burn yourself a copy :)

Friday, 28 September 2012

Here's another compilation for your listening pleasure. This one's a selection of various different grindcore bands though there's also a bit of crust mixed in as well. Though whatever genre you want to call it this is all full on, blazing fast, brutal hardcore. Not for the faint hearted :)

It will fit onto a CD if you want to burn yourself a copy.

I'd also like to thank the mighty Brutal Truth who tweeted this comp when it was first up :)

Grindcore is an extreme genre of music that started in the early to mid 1980s. It draws inspiration from some of the most abrasive music genres - including death metal, industrial music, noise and the more extreme varieties of hardcore punk.

Friday, 21 September 2012

I was looking through some old mixes the other day and I came across this little gem. It's a jungle / drum & bass mix from 2009 but unfortunately I can't remember where I got it from. The cover says it's presented by the Serial Killaz and mixed by DJ Tera but whoever is responsible it's an excellent mix. It goes on for 70 minutes and is all in one big file. This is much like the mixes I do (it's got a couple of tunes that are on my wish list) so if you like them you'll like this.

Friday, 14 September 2012

This is my latest jungle mix for your listening enjoyment ;) Big shout out to Smutt for loaning me the Bam Bam tune and much love to Ella for her 21st. It runs for just over an hour and there are CD covers etc. in the download if you want to burn yourself a copy.

Friday, 7 September 2012

This is a live show from Pink Floyd that was recorded on the 17th of February 1972. It's basically a live version of Dark Side Of The Moon from before the studio album was released. The good thing about this show is that the tracks are completely different from the ones that are on the studio album so it's refreshing to hear these other arrangements. There are also a couple of bonus tracks at the end of the download which were taken from a 1970 session for the BBC.

Here's the tracklisting (320kbps)...
01) Speak To Me/Breathe
02) On The Run
03) Time
04) Breathe (Reprise)
05) The Great Gig In The Sky
06) Money
07) Us And Them
08) Any Colour You Like
09) Brain Damage
10) Eclipse

Tuesday, 4 September 2012

This is a copy of a tape by a band called Paperhouse which was released in 1991. I saw them live years ago and thought they were excellent so I bought a copy of their tape. Coming from somewhere in Surrey they play a psychedelic mix of dub-tinged space rock, very much in the same vein as early Ozric Tentacles and bands like that. The sound quality isn't perfect but considering it's taken from a 20 year old tape then it's not bad at all. The lineup of the band is Jake (Guitar), Andy (Bass), Phil (Drums) & Brian (Keyboards).

Friday, 31 August 2012

This is a collection of 60's proto-punk/garage rock songs mainly taken from the albums Nuggets and the Pebbles Series. Not all the tracks are really proto punk, things like Indian Rope Man are just classic 60s psychedelia... which is no bad thing.

The Pebbles series describes the recordings on their albums as "Original punk rock and psychedelic rock from the fabulous Sixties." These recordings were primarily made by the numerous American bands that were formed in the wake of the British Invasion. Essentially referring to the young age and lack of sophistication of the musicians, the term "punk rock" was coined (or at least popularized) by Lenny Kaye, who was involved in compiling the original Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968.

Friday, 24 August 2012

This download is a selection of krautrock and 'trancerock'... but to be honest I'm not entirely sure what genre this should be. Basically most of these tracks are long and repetitive, hopefully causing a euphoric trance-like state rather than inducing a stroke or coma ;) It goes on for just under 80 minutes so it will fit onto a CD.

Krautrock is a generic name for the experimental music scene that appeared in Germany in the late 1960s and gained popularity throughout the 1970s, especially in Britain. BBC DJ John Peel in particular is largely credited with spreading the reputation of krautrock outside of the German-speaking world. The book Krautrocksampler by Julian Cope describes the underground music scene in Germany from 1968 through the 1970s and is well worth a read if you like this stuff.

Friday, 17 August 2012

Here is a couple of EPs on the Wonka Beats label. Included is a copy of the Aquastep remixes 12" which was composed by Koenie van Immerseel, Sebastien Kalonji & Sven Van Hees and was released in 1993. There is also a copy of the Traveller II 12" which was originally realeased in 1992. This EP consists of Remy Unger, Lip Goodpeople & Sven Van Hees who are 3 belgian techno DJs/producers.

These two EPs are some classic belgian techno/tribal house with a nice and slightly odd 'carnival' feel to it.

Friday, 10 August 2012

Here is a two disc download of some remixes of the classic Gong album, You. It's got all the bands you'd expect on a Gong remix album, like System 7, The Orb & Youth. There's also some tracks from other well known artists like Graham Massey (808 State) & The Shamen. It's got some really nice remixes of the tracks & if, like me, You is one of your favourite Gong albums then this is definitely worth hearing.

Friday, 3 August 2012

This compilation is dedicated to the late, great Syd Barrett. It was originally released in 2007 as a free CD with Mojo magazine with the sub-title of 15 psychedelic freak outs. There's a nice eclectic bunch of artists on the CD and it has some really good tracks on it so I've posted it up here for your enjoyment.

Tuesday, 31 July 2012

This compilation anthologises some of the best grooves that Fantasy Record’s subsidiary Galaxy issued in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Galaxy naturally focused on the bluesy, earthier style of soul popular in that region, a sound exemplified by the local smash ‘Foxy Girls In Oakland’ by Rodger Collins. Other local acts on Galaxy were vocalist Lenny Williams, later to find fame with Tower Of Power, and blues singers JJ Malone and Tiny Powell, both of whose funky waxings for the label are represented here. Instrumental grooves from Merl Saunders and The Right Kind, and obscure nuggets from further notables like The Debonaires and Loleatta Holloway complete this compilation.

Friday, 8 June 2012

Here is a download of a demo from 1987 by the hardcore punk band, Gorilla Biscuits. The band consist of Anthony "Civ" Civarelli, Walter Schreifels, Arthur Smilios, Alex Brown and Luke Abbey. Gorilla Biscuits is currently signed to Revelation Records. Apparently their name comes from the drug quaaludes, which people called "ape shit" or "gorilla biscuits" due to the pill's large size. Though the name was only meant to be temporary they have continued to use it.

Here's the tracklisting (192kbps)...
01) No Reason Why
02) Big Mouth
03) Better Than You
04) GB
05) Do It Yourself
06) Finish What You Started

Note: If the above links don't work try the following from Rapidshare...DOWNLOAD GORILLA BISCUITS - 1987 DEMO [RAPIDSHARE]NOTE:
This could well be my last upload for a little while. Certain things have happened recently which will take priority over the blog (My Mum isn't well and the company I work for are laying off 50% of the staff). Hopefully everything will turn out alright and I'll be back in the near future. Thanks for listening :)

Friday, 25 May 2012

Here's a selection of demo's, rehearsals and alternate versions of tracks by Minor Threat. Included in the download is a rehearsal from 1981 done in the living room at their home, Dischord House. Apparently the original source was recorded on a Maxwell normal bias UR 90 cassette. There is also a copy of their first demo tape which was recorded in 1981 and then released in 2003. There is also an 'alternate mix' version of the Out Of Step album and finally I've also included another collection of demos that was released in 2001 as a split album with Youth Brigade (I've included the Youth Brigade tracks as well). Obviously some of the quality isn't great but you've already got the discography CD so I thought I'd post up some more obscure stuff.

Minor Threat were an American hardcore punk band, formed in 1980 in Washington, D.C.. The band split in 1983 & even though they were fairly short-lived they had a massive influence on the hardcore punk scene, both stylistically & in establishing a "do it yourself" ethic for music distribution & concert promotion. Their song "Straight Edge" became the eventual basis of the straight edge movement, while the band often professed their own "straight edge" ideals.

[AUGUST 2012] UPDATE

Seeing as my mediafire account is no more and most of the download links are dead (links on rapidshare & netkups should be working fine) I will be re-uploading your requests for any of my existing posts. The new uploads will use www.netkups.com and as well as a normal download file you can also download them as a torrent.

So if you want anything from this site then just leave a request in the comments and I will upload it asap.